July 2006
- The ins and outs of booting
Linux on the Mac, Larry Stotler, Linux on the Low End, 07.31.
"Old World" Macs can't boot directly into Linux. They need to boot
the Classic Mac OS first, then pass control over to Linux.
- More laptop cooling ideas, more on
FireWire installation of OS X, Flash Player and iCab, and more,
Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings, 07.31. Three more laptop
cooling solutions, ins and outs of installing Tiger via FireWire
Disk Mode, getting Flash Player working with iCab, and where to
find support for the eMac.
- A $25 iMac! It's a steal, but
what to do with it?, Adam Robert Guha, Apple Archive, 07.28. A
$25 iMac (less mouse and keyboard) from the local thrift shop was a
great find, but what would be the best way to put it to use?
- Apple 'Books now 12% of market,
MacBook Pro's 'daft power supply', pimp your MacBook, and more,
The 'Book Review, 07.28. Also more Americans taking laptops to work
on vacation, updates on MacBook noise and discoloration, dozens of
burned Dell laptops, bargain 'Books from $335 to $1,799, and
more.
- Is 512 MB enough?, Macs gain
share in business, wireless Mighty Mouse, Toast adds Blu-ray
support, and more, Mac News Review, 07.28. Also OWC's FireWire
400 & 800/USB 2.0/eSATA drives, miniXpress 160 GB drive, Jeep
flash drives, SteerMouse supports up to 8 buttons plus vertical and
horizontal scrolling, and miniStat2 system monitor.
- The secret life of
computers, Ted Hodges, Vintage Mac Living, 06.26. Fiction: What
kind of things are your Macs up to while you're asleep? They just
might be plaing games.
- Italy, a virtually untapped
market ready for the Mac, Charles Webb, PowerBook Beat, 07.27.
iPods are everywhere in Italy, but finding a Mac in use or a dealer
that sells them is another story.
- Boot Camp means Windows voodoo,
Core 2 Quad due in Q4, creating a PowerPC/Intel boot drive, and
more, The Macintel Report, 07.27. Also, a Mac user who switched
to Windows circa 1995 is looking seriously at Macintel hardware,
Intel is pushing dual-core everywhere, and 'Montecito' could be
Itanium's last chance.
- Maximizing the PowerBook
3400c, Jason Schrader, Maximize Your Mac, 07.26. Once you've
acquied a PowerBook 3400c, which OS should you use, what software
should you install, and how should you upgrade the hardware?
- Preparing your PCI Power Mac
for Linux, Larry Stotler, Linux on the Low End, 07.26. How
powerful a CPU do you need? How much memory? Do you need a faster
drive controller? Are some video cards better than others?
- MacBook pleases, but two weeks
for repair is excessive, Andrew J Fishkin, The Mobile Mac,
07.25. The 13" MacBook has replaced 12" and 15" PowerBooks and
makes a very nice Windows gaming machine, but nobody should have to
wait 14 days for Apple to fix their new computer.
- 23 reasons Microsoft's Zune is
doomed, Jeff Adkins, Mac Lab Report, 07.25. The iPod's mantra
is simplify, simplify, simplify. Microsofts seems to be complexify,
complexify, complexify. And we all know which consumers
prefer.
- 7 tools for keeping your laptop
(uh, notebook) cool, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings,
07.24. A quick look at the Podium CoolPad, ChillMat, ChillHubs,
Laptop Desk, Xpad, iLap, and iBreeze - seven stands designed to
keep you 'Books running cooler.
- The Joys of Classic
Computing, Tyler Sable, Classic Restorations, 07.24. While
older computers can't do as much as quickly as modern one,
sometimes good enough is really all you need.
- PowerBook 1400 one of the best
PowerBooks ever, Nathan Thompson, Embracing Obsolescence,
07.21. "How embarrassing for me to be so taken my a computer, but I
am greatly impressed."
- 'Why I won't buy an Intel Mac',
Mac users left out of MS Messenger plans, identify your iMac, and
more, Mac News Review, 07.21. Also a case for Apple's remote,
first speaker phone with VOIP voice control for the Mac, waterproof
iPod shuffle housing, and MouseZoom X speeds up your cursor.
- MacBook heat, random shut down,
MagSafe mod for car/plane use, extend your 'Book's battery life,
and more, The 'Book Review, 07.21. Also frying an egg on a
MacBook, stupid MacBook tricks, flash drives to dominate notebook
market by 2013, Daystar's 1.92 GHz PowerBook G4 upgrade, cooling
stands, bargain 'Books from $259 to $2,829, and more.
- Apple selling Parallels, updates
Boot Camp; Intel Core 2 'fastest desktop processor'; 'Woodcrest'
expected in Mac Pro, The Macintel Report, 07.20. Apple Stores
are now selling Parallels Desktop, why "Woodcrest" will probably
power the next pro Mac, and reviewers impressed with Core 2
CPUs.
- Mac OS X 10.5 'Leopard': Which
Macs should make the cut?, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 07.19.
Looking at all of the models supported by Tiger, there's just one
Mac that Apple should probably drop support for in Leopard. Just
one.
- Why run Linux on a low-end
Mac?, Larry Stotler, Linux on the Low End, 07.19. Linux
supports older video cards and requires less RAM than Mac OS X, and
it lets you run modern browsers not available under OS 9.
- Upgrade your Pismo with a
dual-layer DVD burner, Jason Schrader, Maximize Your Mac,
07.19. If you want to add a DVD burner to your PowerBook Pismo,
FastMac's new dual-layer SuperDrive merits serious
consideration.
- Suggestions for converting AIFF to
MP3 in iTunes, taken on eBay?, G4 upgrades, and low end Mac
sadness, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag, 07.19. Reader
suggestions for getting iTunes to convert AIFF to MP3, checking for
dual processors, the upgradability of the Power Mac G4, and
disappointment over discarded Macs.
- Panther on a G3 iMac, B&W
G3 sold, and the state of my other Macs, Nathan Thompson,
Embracing Obsolescence, 07.18. Although running OS X 10.3.9 on a
6-year-old iMac, the author still maintains his stable of older
Macs running the Classic Mac OS.
- More ways to add OS 9 features to
OS X, modem problems with MacBook and USB modem, Opera problem, and
more, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings, 07.17. Also
potential problems using Target Disk Mode to install the OS, using
Classic on Intel Macs, value of Pismo G4 upgrades, "Tiger" on a G3
iMac, better laptop ergonomics, and more.
- Edu-iMac no longer sold to
invididuals, gray box problem solved, French interoperability law,
and more, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag, 07.14. Also
suggested ways to use iSight in the classroom, problems converting
AIFF to MP3 in iTunes, and thoughts about movie downloads via
iTMS.
- iMovie a great tool for getting
started with video editing, putting your movies on DVD, Adam
Robert Guha, Apple Archive, 07.14. If you've got old videos you
want to put on DVD, you can pay someone else to do simple dubs, or
you can invest a little of your own time, add titles, delete
unwanted scenes, and make a much better DVD yourself.
- Exploding laptops, ExpressCard
34 roll-out, 1.75 GHz G4 upgrade, SeisMac, and more, The 'Book
Review, 07.14. Also MacBook reviews, problems using disk images to
install Windows on Intel Macs, nylon vs. leather cases, 160 GB hard
drive upgrade, size matters, and bargain 'Books from $280 to
$1,299.
- 'Argh' moments switching to OS
X, Mac OS 9 'amazingly fast', make your own anti-spam machine, and
more, Mac News Review, 07.14. Also Mac OS X Routine Maintenance
page updated, developer notes for education-only iMac, and a new
SATA enclosure for the Mac.
- Higher resolution content,
video iPod speculation, and Apple's big file size problem, Dan
Knight, Mac Musings, 07.13. Apple says movie downloads would weigh
in at 1.5 GB, but at iPod video quality, that seems 2-4x bigger
than necessary. What is Apple planning? And how will they move all
those big files?
- Windows on Intel Macs will/won't
grow market, Parallels Desktop review and tips, and return of the
Itanic, The Macintel Report, 07.13. Analysts divided on impact
of Intel migration and support for Windows, Leopard won't include
virtualization, notebook sales pick up after CPU price cuts, and
Itanium 2 stumbles forward.
- Edu-iMac too compromised, Mac
Portables return to mothership, SheepShaver unstable, and more,
Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag, 07.12. Thoughts on the education
iMac, the Mac Portable, and the value of a Mac Plus in 2006. Also
SheepShaver feedback, OS X ligature problems, and MP3 software for
OS 8.
- Adding 'lost' OS 9 features to Mac
OS X, Charles W Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings, 07.12. While OS X
offers a lot of things the classic Mac OS didn't, longtime Mac
users may miss some features of the Classic Mac OS not included
with OS X. 7 programs to restore some of those features.
- Translucent gray box in OS X,
AFP Connection Problem in Classic stump Mac Daniel, Dan Knight,
Mac Daniel, 07.12. One Mac has been displaying a gray box for
months, another started doing the same thing a week ago. And
booting Classic always results in a problem with AFP Connection
Status.
- Using low-cost laptops as 'not
so thin' clients in the Mac office, Andrew J Fishkin, The
Mobile Mac, 07.11. "...it's because of the outstanding Windows
support built-into OS X that I can even think about using Windows
machines in my Mac office."
- Is the new edu-iMac a good
value or simply too compromised?, Dan Knight, Mac Musings,
07.10. The new education-only iMac is mostly the same as the
consumer model, but how big an impact will the Intel graphics have
on performance?
- Installing OS X 10.4 'Tiger' on
DVD-challenged Macs using FireWire Target Disk Mode, Charles
Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings, 07.10. Mac OS X ships on a single
install DVD, which Apple will exchange for CDs at $10. But if you
have access to a DVD-equipped Mac and a FireWire cable, you're good
to go.
- Western Digital inferior?, the
education iMac, metric politics, and a new Mac user, Dan
Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag, 07.07. Are WD hard drives better or
worse than average? Is the education Mac really a good deal? The
politics behind the metric system, and a new Mac user starts with a
Power Mac G4.
- $899 education iMac, Classic on
Intel Macs, LCD in an eMac, Mac mini in a Prius, and more, Mac
News Review, 07.07. Also Mac mini "almost sinfully attractive", Mac
mini benchmarks, iPod Updater 2006-06-28, new iPod car options, and
more.
- Apple fixes MacBook
discoloration, 'Book sales see 39% growth, keeping your 'Book cool,
and more, The 'Book Review, 07.07. Also MacBook a sales
success, another dead Mac, 10.4.7 updates adds two-finger right
click, MacBook Pro biometrics, bargain 'Books from $139 to $1,650,
and more.
- Can Apple's consumer MacBook
really replace two PowerBooks and a ThinkPad?, Andrew J
Fishkin, The Mobile Mac, 07.06. One user's experience replacing a
12" PowerBook G4, 15" PowerBook G4, and IBM ThinkPad X32 with a
black MacBook.
- Vintage Macs with System 6 run
circles around 3 GHz Windows 2000 PC, Tyler Sable, Classic
Restorations, 07.06. Which grows faster, hardware speed or software
bloat? These benchmarks show vintage Macs let you be productive
much more quickly than modern Windows PCs.
- Run Windows apps without Windows,
2.33 GHz Core Duo shipping, Parallels Desktop review, and more,
The Macintel Report, 07.06. CrossOver will allow Macintel users to
run Windows apps without Windows, the fastest Core Duo to date is
shipping, Macworld looks at Parallels Desktop, and more.
- Apple's secret battery reset
utility for WallStreet and Clamshell iBooks, Joe Rivera, Mac
Fallout Shelter, 07.05. If your old 'Books battery isn't taking a
charge like it used to, Battery Reset 2.0 could help recover its
useful life.
- iTunes and the French
interoperability law, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 07.05.
"Interoperability is a ruse to break Apple's dominance in the
digital music market one nation at a time...."
- TopXNotes: A user-friendly
solution for creating, managing, and accessing your notes,
Charles Moore, Miscellaneous Ramblings, 07.05. TopXNotes is a
shareware tool for managing your text notes, replacing the Note Pad
of the Classic Mac OS.
- Misleading hard drive capacity and
the WD settlement, long term Mac value, SCSI drive upgrades, and
more, Dan Knight, Low End Mac Mailbag, 07.05. Also thoughts on
Color Classic upgrades, questions about Low End Mac's online
survey, iPod hard drive upgrades, and the value of a used
iPod.
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